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Susan_Oster
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Nov 20, 2023

The & operator is changing the subtraction operator (-)

In cell B9, I am using the formula     ="Dichloram = "&(B8-A8) Cell B8 has the value 2.12 Cell A8 has the value of 2.03   Therefore (B8-A8) should be 0.09 and if I type =(G8-F8) into a cell i...
  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    Nov 20, 2023

    Susan_Oster 

    That's floating point error. You may use instead

    ="Dichloram = " & TEXT(B8-A8, "0.00")

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